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Some of Allaah's Attributes are, for example: Life, Knowledge, Power, Hearing, Sight, Mercy, Honour, Wisdom, Loftiness, Greatness, etc. The perfection of these Attributes can be proven by textual, intellectual,and instinctive evidence.
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Textual Evidence
: Allaah, the Exalted, has said:
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Those who do not believe in the Hereafter, they are the worst example; and for Allaah is the loftiestexample; and He is the Possessor of Honour, the All-Wise
.» [
an-Nahl
(16):60]Meaning: In each and every case, we say: «
for Allaah is the loftiest example
.» So, for every single thing youconclude with, Allaah is Better and more Complete than what your understanding reaches. The «
loftiest example
» means the loftiest possible description.
Intellectual Evidence
: Everything that truly exists must have an attribute, and that attribute must either be aperfect one or a deficient one. The latter is rejected when referring to the Perfect Lord who deserves our worship.
Notice
that the intellectual evidence here, already relies on some belief in the Book and the
Sunnah
. Forexample, if someone were to come and say, "I do not believe that Allaah is the Most Perfect and deserves our worship," we understand that intellectual evidence cannot be used with him, rather the instinctive evidencecould be used. So,
ad-daleelul-`aqli
(intellectual evidence) is used for people who have a grounding in the Book and the
Sunnah
.(continued...) Because of this, Allaah the Most High, has exposed the futility of worshipping idols by describing them with deficiencies and incapability.
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The
Shaykh
(
rahimahullaah
) here, makes reference to three types of evidences:
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The first is textual evidence
and this refers to the Qur`aan and the
Sunnah
.
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The second is intellectual evidence
and this refers to those evidences that are generally based on the firsttype, meaning conclusions and analogies based on the Qur`aan and the
Sunnah
.
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The third is instinctive evidence
and this refers to evidences used by people who have never touched theBook or the
Sunnah
, meaning basic human instincts (
fitrah
) to arrive to certain conclusions. What is the benefitof human instincts? We can use it to invite people to
Tawheed
using instinctive evidences that their naturaldisposition agrees with. Before they even believe in the Book of Allaah, they could be guided by what they find within themselves.
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